The last time Jay Leno stopped by Saginaw for a chat, “that was 20 years ago, 21 years, easy,” he said, chuckling. He was on a cross-country trek, doing stand-up, convincing the network decision-makers that he was the one to succeed Johnny Carson in 1992. And it worked. Other than a short-lived move into the 10 p.m. time slot in 2009, he’s hosted “The Tonight Show” ever since. “Stand-up was what I always liked to do, long before then and still today,” he said, calling about his Saturday, April 21, show at the Soaring Eagle Casino and Resort in Mount Pleasant. “I do about 50 or 60 nights a year; it keeps me sharp.”
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